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    The document provides information about an assignment for students to research explorers from the Age of Exploration. It lists the names, nationalities, lifespans, and famous voyages of numerous explorers. Students are instructed to choose an explorer to research, find at least two books about their explorer and the region they explored, and complete an individual project using these resources by October 7th.

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    The document provides information about an assignment for students to research explorers from the Age of Exploration. It lists the names, nationalities, lifespans, and famous voyages of numerous explorers. Students are instructed to choose an explorer to research, find at least two books about their explorer and the region they explored, and complete an individual project using these resources by October 7th.

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    The document provides information about an assignment for students to research explorers from the Age of Exploration. It lists the names, nationalities, lifespans, and famous voyages of numerous explorers. Students are instructed to choose an explorer to research, find at least two books about their explorer and the region they explored, and complete an individual project using these resources by October 7th.

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    AGE OF EXPLORATION BLOCK

    The following chart lists numerous explorers. Please review the options
    and choose one you are interested in. You will need to bring in 2
    books on your explorer (go to the children’s section of your library). If
    you cannot find any books specifically on your person look for general
    books on the “AGE OF DISCOVERY” of the “AGE OF EXPLORATION” or
    “EXPLORERS”. You may also bring in printed notes from the internet
    about your explorer. You need at least 2 sources of information.

    You will also need a book on the specific region that your explorer
    “discovered” that includes information on the geography, peoples,
    traditions, history.

    You will use these resources to complete individual projects!!


    Please have your resources by Wednesday, October 7.

    Names of Nationality Lifespan Famous Voyage of


    Famous of Famous of Exploration
    Explorers Explorers Famous
    Explorer
    s
    Sir Francis Drake English 1540 - 1597 Circumnavigates the World
    Sir Walter Raleigh English 1552 - 1618 The Discovery of Guiana and
    establishing the Virginia colony of
    Roanoke Island in 1584
    Marco Polo Italian 1254 - 1324 Exploration of China and Asia
    Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese 1480 - 1521 First voyage around the World by
    this famous explorer
    Christopher Italian / Spanish 1451 - 1506 Discovery of the New World by this
    Columbus famous explorer

    Francisco Pizarro Spanish 1478 - 1541 Famous Explorer who conquered the
    Incas of Peru

    Amerigo Vespucci Italian / Spanish 1454 - 1512 America was named after this
    famous explorer

    Vasco Nunez de Spanish 1475 - 1519 First famous European explorer to


    Balboa see the Pacific Ocean from its
    eastern shore

    Vasco da Gama Portuguese 1469 - 1524 Discovery of an ocean route from


    Portugal to the East by this famous
    explorer

    Hernando Cortes Spanish 1485 - 1547 Spanish conqueror of Mexico and the
    Aztec Empire

    Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish 1460 - 1521 First European explorer to set foot in
    Florida

    Francisco Vasquez Spanish 1510 - 1554 First European to explore the


    de Coronado Southwest of North America in
    Arizona and New Mexico
    Bartolomeu Dias Portuguese 1457 - 1500 The first European explorer to lead a
    1487 voyage around the Cape of
    Good Hope on the Southern most tip
    of South Africa

    Sir Humphrey Gilbert English 1539 - 1583 This famous explorer established St
    Johns, Newfoundland

    Sir Richard Grenville English 1542 - 1591 Voyages to Virginia and Roanoke
    Island and the Azores by this famous
    explorer

    Sir John Hawkins English 1532 - 1595 Voyages to West Africa and South
    America by this famous explorer

    Jacques Cartier French 1491 - 1557 Led three expeditions of exploration


    to Canada by this famous explorer

    Hernando De Soto Spanish 1500 - 1542 First European to explore Florida and
    South East America

    Sir Richard Hawkins English 1562 - 1622 Voyages to South America by this
    famous explorer

    John Cabot Italian / English 1450 - 1499 Exploring the coastline of Canada
    the subsequent colonization of
    Canada. Cabot was the second
    famous explorer to find North
    America (after Christopher
    Columbus)

    Sebastian Cabot Italian / English 1474 - 1557 Son of the famous explorer John
    Cabot. Searching for the Northwest
    passage across North America,
    attempting to circumnavigate the
    world and making expeditions to
    Russia

    Henry Hudson English 1565 - 1611 The discovery of the Hudson River
    by this famous explorer

    Samuel de French 1567 - 1635 Famous explorer and founder of


    Champlain Quebec City. Known as 'The Father
    of Canada'

    Juan Rodriguez Spanish 1499 - 1543 First European explorer to navigate


    Cabrillo the coast of present day California in
    the United States

    Gaspar Corte Real Portuguese 1450 - 1501 Exploration of Greenland and the
    coast of Newfoundland by this
    famous explorer

    Louis Joliet Canadian 1645 - 1700 Famous for exploring the Great
    Lakes area and discovering the
    Mississippi River

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